Expectations, Emotions, and Medical Decision Making: A Case Study on the Use of Amniocentesis

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 427-444

  Browner, C H ^a   Preloran, H Mabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amniocentesis; emotions; Latinos; medical decisions; reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AMNIOCENTESIS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 11444258215     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461504045646     Document Type: Article

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